From: Mike Lorrey (mlorrey@yahoo.com)
Date: Mon Aug 19 2002 - 17:08:05 MDT
--- Damien Broderick <d.broderick@english.unimelb.edu.au> wrote:
> At 10:43 AM 8/17/02 -0500, "Brian Phillips"
> <deepbluehalo@earthlink.net>
> wrote:
>
> > Like say public Crucifixions for all proven members of Al Quaida.
> >Seriously... if you need to change the minds of a large number of
> people
> >and you don't care how brutal a show of force is required
>
> Yep, that really nipped Christianity in the bud.
NOt the point. Christianity might be the one that slipped through. How
many other revelatory/apocalyptic sects were nipped in the bud by the
generous use of crucifixion back then? We don't know, primarily due to
poor documentation, but that doesn't mean it isn't an accurate observation.
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